Here is an easy way to put a gold border around an image (or photo).
Open the image. You may want to make a duplicate so you won't be working on the original copy.
Right click on the layers dialogue and choose alpha to selection.
Create a new transparent layer.
Click on the foreground color square and when the color dialog opens, set the HTML notation to: a28826
Make sure the transparent layer is selected. Go to Menu > Select > To path > Edit > Stroke path. Set the line width size to whatever size you want. (I set mine to 20.) Push OK.
Right click on the top layer in the dialogue box and choose alpha to selection.
Go to the menu > select> shrink and shrink the selection by one pixel.
Next grab the blend tool, pick the golden gradient, the shape should be bi-linear. Set the repeat to triangular wave. With the blend tool, come down across the top part of your image at an angle. You should have something like this:
When you are happy with the way it looks, go to menu > select > none.
There you have it- an easy gold border for your pictures
Open the image. You may want to make a duplicate so you won't be working on the original copy.
Right click on the layers dialogue and choose alpha to selection.
Create a new transparent layer.
Click on the foreground color square and when the color dialog opens, set the HTML notation to: a28826
Make sure the transparent layer is selected. Go to Menu > Select > To path > Edit > Stroke path. Set the line width size to whatever size you want. (I set mine to 20.) Push OK.
Go to the menu > select> shrink and shrink the selection by one pixel.
Next grab the blend tool, pick the golden gradient, the shape should be bi-linear. Set the repeat to triangular wave. With the blend tool, come down across the top part of your image at an angle. You should have something like this:
When you are happy with the way it looks, go to menu > select > none.
There you have it- an easy gold border for your pictures
